Legal Question in Employment Law in Illinois

My very recent ex wife is employeed by a very large freight forwarder that I also happen to be a customer of. My rep was her trainer and I had come to find out that they have a had an affair for 4 years. Her company is very aware of the affair and now two families with children are divorcing ( which they may not be aware of) Do I have any sort of a potential suit against this company for having a non supervised office; allowing an affair to happen on thei watch (i.e. phone and computer messages; business trips and hotel stays on the corporate card)

Myself and my 4 year old daughter have suffered greatly from this while my recent ex and her coworker continue to presue there sin.

Please look at this from a spouse standpoint along with a the fact that I am a client of this company.


Asked on 10/18/10, 1:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

What is your goal here? You are NOT her spouse any more. Whatever the grounds were for your divorce have been litigated (or settled) and are no longer relevant. Newly discovered grounds are also not relevant. So as a divorced person it's OVER WITH as far as your marital relationship. And her settlement if any will not be affected by her behavior; the courts today do not punish people as such.

As to her employment it's none of your business unles you or your company have suffered economic damages from her behavior as an employee. And frankly if you interfere with the employment relationship you could be at risk.....

What IS your business is your daughter's welfare. So what are the current custody and support arrangements? What does the divorce decree say about them and about having any "male habitation" or the like over when your daughter is with her mother? Are you concerned about your daughter being around her mom when her mom has male friends "stay over"? Or are you just angry and hurt, justifiably or not? Because you'll need proof (an investigator, witnesses) and will have to go back to court to get a modification of the divorce decree.....which can be extremely expensive, and now potentially unlikely if you could have discovered this behavior ahead of time. PS if she hires a sitter (if that's allowed and usually is) and then has a tryst at the No-tell Motel...she is entitled to a life as long as your daughter is protected. And if you paid for her lawyer the first time around....it could be this time too.....

So first since you said this is "recent" there is a lot of pain I'm sure -- and you need to separate your anger and hurt from the reality of the situation -- if not for you for your daughter and the likelihood that her mom will be in the picture for a long time to come. I hope you had a divorce attorney; you should contact him or herand if you didn't have one, you need to consider hiring one???

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Answered on 10/25/10, 7:46 am


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